Pennant, Thomas, (1726-1798), naturalist, traveller and topographer

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Surname:	Pennant
Forenames:	Thomas
Gender:	Male
Date:	1726-1798
Biography:	ODNB link for Pennant, Thomas (1726-1798), naturalist, traveller and topographer
Name authority reference:	GB/NNAF/P150659 (Former ISAAR ref: GB/NNAF/P22545 )
Online related resources	Bibliography of British and Irish History link for Thomas Pennant

Collections
Number	Description	Held by	Reference	Further information
1	corresp and papers	Warwickshire County Record Office	CR2017	NRA 23685
2	1766: copy of lists of questions and projects of Joseph Banks on his voyage to Newfoundland	Natural History Museum Library and Archives	L MSS PEN	See Catalogue of MSS...Natural History Museum (1995)
3	corresp and papers	National Library of Wales: Department of Collection Services	MSS 2521-98, 4488, 4878, 5500-02, 9674, 12706-20, 15421-15424, 21692	See Handlist of MSS, vols 2-3, Annual Report, 1980-81, 1985-86
4	c1762-92: corresp and papers	North East Wales Archives (NEWA), Hawarden (formerly Flintshire Record Office)	D/NA	NRA 24326 Pennant
5	c1755-65: notebook, misc papers	National Library of Wales: Department of Collection Services	Downing Deeds	NRA 37140 Pennant
6	1790-98: imaginary world tour (22 vols)	National Maritime Museum: The Caird Library and Archive	P/16	NRA 30121 Nat Maritime Mus
7	papers	Royal Society		See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
8	catalogues etc	Natural History Museum Library and Archives		See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
9	1759: catalogue	Oxford University: Sackler Library	AMS 4	NRA 28493 Ashmolean Mus
10	1760-96: notes of journey in Scotland	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MS Top Scotland c 2
11	treatises on Latin grammar	National Library of Wales: Department of Collection Services	Peniarth MS 356B	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
12	1772-75: letters	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	MS 1423	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
13	letters to George Ashby	Suffolk Archives - Bury St Edmunds Branch	E2/22/1-2	NRA 9538 Suffolk ROscientific See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
14	1753-56: letters (13) to Henry Baker	Manchester University: University of Manchester Library	English MS 19, vols V, VI	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
15	1767-98: corresp with Sir Joseph Banks (41 items)	Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Library and Archives		See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
16	1773-93: letters to Sir Joseph Banks	State Library of New South Wales, Mitchell Library	MS 743
17	1753-70: letters to William Borlase	Morrab Library		See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
18	1783-87: letters to Bishop Douglas	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Eg 2180, 2185	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
19	1765-71: corresp with Feilding family	North East Wales Archives (NEWA), Hawarden (formerly Flintshire Record Office)	328-30	NRA 29391 Birch Cullimore
20	1768-86: letters from JR Forster	Peabody and Essex Museum
21	1786-86: letters (18) from Johann Forster (copies)	Warrington Archives, Culture Warrington		See Bridson, Natural history MS resources 1980
22	1771-85: corresp with Richard Gough and William Hutchinson	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MS Gough gen top 43	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
23	1760-98: letters from Laurent Gronovius and EAW Zimmerman	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 52274
24	topographical papers	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MS Top Kent e 1
25	letters (10) from Laurent Gronovius	National Library of Wales: Department of Collection Services		See Accessions to Repositories 1986
26	1784-97: letters to Lord Kenyon	Collection held privately: enquiries to The National Archives, Archives Sector Development		See HMC [35] Kenyon MSS
27	1755-74: letters (24) to Carl Linnaeus	Linnean Society of London		See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
28	1770-95: letters to John Lloyd	National Library of Wales: Department of Collection Services	NLW MS 12421D	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
29	1772-75: letters to John Mackenzie	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	MS 1423
30	1757-60: letters (3) from William Morris incl descriptions of fish found in Irish sea	National Library of Wales: Department of Collection Services	NLW MS 21558E	See Annual Report 1993-4 p62
31	1789-94: letters to William Owen-Pugh	National Library of Wales: Department of Collection Services	NLW MSS 13222C, 13224B	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
32	1767-69: letters to Paul Panton	National Library of Wales: Department of Collection Services	NLW MS 9071E	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
33	1771-97: letters (283) to George Paton	National Library of Scotland, Manuscript Collections	Adv MSS 29 3 8, 29 5 5-8	NRA 23720 Paton
34	1793-98: letters (25) to Hester Piozzi and others	Manchester University: University of Manchester Library	Eng MS 575	See Bridson, Natural history MS resources 1980
35	1790-92: letters to JC Potter	National Library of Wales: Department of Collection Services	NLW MS 12434C	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
36	1774-76: letters (10) to John Price	Oxford University: Bodleian Library, Special Collections	MS Add a 64
37	1769-70: letters to David Skene	Aberdeen University, Special Collections Centre	MS483	See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995
38	1791-98: letters (22) to Sir James Smith	Linnean Society of London	Smith papers	NRA 9516 See HMC MS papers of British scientists 1600-1940, 1982
39	1767-73: letters (30) from Gilbert White	British Library, Manuscript Collections	Add MS 35138
40	papers	American Philosophical Society Library		See Location Register of English Literary MSS 18-19th cent 1995